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{
"term": "precede",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "precede",
"heSheIt": "precedes"
},
"pastSimple": "preceded",
"pastParticiple": "preceded",
"ingForm": "preceding"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to happen before something or come before something/somebody in order",
"sensetop": "precede somebody/something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the years preceding the war"
},
{
"text": "His resignation was preceded by weeks of speculation."
},
{
"text": "She preceded me in the job."
},
{
"text": "in the moments which immediately preceded the earthquake"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["directly", "immediately", "generally"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to go in front of somebody",
"sensetop": "precede somebody + adv./prep.",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She preceded him out of the room."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to do or say something to introduce something else",
"sensetop": "precede something with something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She preceded her speech with a vote of thanks to the committee."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈsiːd/",
"audio": "pr/precede/precede__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈsiːdz/",
"audio": "pr/precede/precedes__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈsiːdɪd/",
"audio": "pr/precede/preceded__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈsiːdɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/precede/preceding__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈsiːd/",
"audio": "pr/precede/precede__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈsiːdz/",
"audio": "pr/precede/precedes__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈsiːdɪd/",
"audio": "pr/precede/preceded__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈsiːdɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/precede/preceding__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French preceder, from Latin praecedere, from prae ‘before’ + cedere ‘go’."
}